The Cambridge history of war. Volume 2. War and the medieval world /

Volume II of The Cambridge History of War covers what in Europe is commonly called 'the Middle Ages.' It includes all of the well-known themes of European warfare, from the migrations of the Germanic peoples and the Vikings through the Reconquista, the Crusades and the age of chivalry, to...

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Other Authors: Graff, David Andrew, 1962- (Editor), Curry, Anne (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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Table of Contents:
  • The early Islamic empire and the introduction of military slavery / Matthew S. Gordon
  • The western European kingdoms, 600-1000 / Guy Marshall
  • The Scandinavian world / Anthony Perron
  • Byzantium in the twelfth century / John Haldon
  • The Slavs, Avars, and Hungarians / Martyn Rady
  • The Turks and the other peoples of the Eurasian steppes to 1175 / Étienne de la Vaissière
  • China: the Tang, 600-900 / David A. Graf
  • Japan to 1200 / Karl Friday
  • Europe, 1000-1300 / David Crouch
  • Crusaders and settlers in the East, 1096-1291: Christian attack, Muslim response / John France
  • The Mongol empire / Roman Hautala
  • China, 900-1400 / Peter Lorge
  • Western Europe, 1300-1500 / Anne Curry
  • Warfare and Italian states, 1300-1500 / William Caferro
  • The reconquista and the Spanish monarchies / Donald J. Kagay
  • The Byzantine empire and the Balkans, 1204-1453 / Mark C. Bartusis
  • Ottoman expansion and military power, 1300-1453 Gá́bor Á́goston
  • India, c. 1200- c. 1500 / Phillip B. Wagoner
  • Southeast Asia, 1300-1540 / Michael W. Charney
  • Japan, 1200-1500 / Thomas D. Conlan
  • The Americas / Ruben G. Mendoza
  • Justifications, theories, and customs of war / Stephen Morillo
  • Land technologies / Kelly Devries
  • Maritime technologies / John H. Pryor.